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| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz My first impression of the Rotel RCD 971 is that I love it, just the balanced neutral sound that I'm after.The Arcam 7SE is really enjoyable but it leaves you wanting the 8SE...I cannot quite explain why, it may be my personal preference which is ... | |
| Blueroom Minipod, after modding sound 100 better Well it got kind of messy and the resin was drying quick...So I basically threw 2 layers either side in behind the main driver and one across the middle at the bottom of the V.2 on either side (overlapping slightly) behind the port at the bottom. ... | |
| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz Still waiting on the Rotel CDP, the guy sent it USPS regular parcel post!Hoping to get by Christmas, the Arcam will be here tomorrow :)The Rotel tuner arrived and although the sound was obviously very good (I listen to just regular compressed FM s... | |
| Burn in time...Reality or something else??? Funny Sandy LOLNow I see that there are tons of threads on this, silly me!I'll go look now...Josh | |
| Are there any absolute truths??? In response to CDC:"Absolute truth:No matter how much you spend or what you buy you will never be satisfied."I had a system 5+ years back in the UK (now in SF, Cal.) that cost minimal money but I had a fabulous room for it:High ceilingsBrick walls... | |
| Have you had buyers/sellers back out of a deal? I think the key to a sucessful sale for both parties is communication.I have extensive eBay experience and some people are very "shy" with the communication.I think they feel it invades their privacy or something!I emailed a guy three times about ... | |
| Adcom or Creek? Hello All,Well I have aquired a MSB link dac3 locally for next to nothing!So now I'm looking at CDPlayer combos...awaiting their arrival...Discussion is over here now http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1038881731 | |
| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz If I keep the Dac, my transport of choice would be a Pioneer stable platter - of which I am particulary fond!Maybe I should get one aswell to compare!Updates coming soon :)Josh | |
| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz Oops, double post - Did you like the spelling correction! | |
| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz Hi Sugarbrie,If the Rotel RT-990BX doesn't significantly outperform the amazing and cheap Sony, I'll resell it and buy a better Amp!I wonder what is significantly better than the Creek 4330R? What else is there out there, integrated, neutral, and ... | |
| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz Hi Sugarbrie,If the Rotel RT-990BX doesn't significantly outperform the amazing and cheap Sony, I'll resell it and buy a better Amp!I wonder what is significantly better than the Creek 4330R? What else is there out there, integrated, neutral, and ... | |
| Adcom or Creek? Well I tried the Adcom direct from the CD player using the variable out on the player, sounded reasonable but not terribly revealing?My main complaint was that the thing was actually too hot to touch (4 ohm speakers?), which is a problem as space ... | |
| What is "critical listening"? Critical listening would be for me a left brain activity,as opposed to the right brained activity of just enjoying the music....You never know when the left brain is going to pop up and say: "hey wait a minute that sounded unatural or whatever ...... | |
| Cable length Check this out: http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/wirecalculator.xlsand this http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/cat5questions_e.htmlfor some info on the affeexts of cables length etc... | |
| Adcom or Creek? To put my system in perspective, here's my cost so far:(I'm a cheapskate)Creek 4330R - $300 (after selling the phono stage :)Adcom 5200 - $125Marantz CD-67SE - $140Minipods (Temporary solution) - $250Homemade Cat-5 speaker cablesVarious interconne... |